Apparatus for pressing cigars.



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APPARATUS POR PRESSING' CIGARS.

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R. WOERNBR. Y' APPARATUS POR PRESSING GIGARS.

NITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

ROBERT WOERNER, OF MANNHEIM, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR PRESSING CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 743,368, datedNovember 3, 1903.

Application tiled October 29, 1902. Serial No. 129,327. (N0 model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT WOERNER, manufacturer, a subject of theGerman Emperor, and a resident of Mannheim, Germany, have invented newand useful Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing Cigars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for pressing cigars, theconstruction of which is improved in such a manner thatan equal anduniform pressure can be exerted on the Ycigars from all sides.

The improved apparatus offers the great advantage in comparison withother cigarpressing apparatuses of known constructions that the cigarsare ready after a pressure of about two hours, while at present they areready only after about thirty-six to fortyeight hours.

In the accompanying drawings the improved pressing lapparatus is shownin Figure 1 in a front view. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section.Fig. 3 is a ground plan. Fig. 4 shows the pressing plates and blocks invertical section on a larger scale. Fig. 5 shows a small apparatus forthe pressing of one'package of cigars in a side view. Fig. 6 is avertical section through Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side view of a pressingapparatus with two pairs of lateral pressing-bars. Fig. Sis alongitudinal section through Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a cross-section through asmall pressing apparatus for packing the cigars in bundles. Fig. 10shows the adjusting device in a perspective view. Fig. ll shows theinner adjustable pressing device in perspective view.

Fig. l2 represents in perspective view anin-Y ner adjustable pressingdevice for the simultaneous pressing of two superposed layers of cigars.Fig. 13 shows in perspective view an inner pressing device to be usedfor two adjacent packs of cigars. Fig. 14. shows an inner adjustablepressing device to be used for cigars of an extraordinary shape. Fig. 15is a perspective view of the devicev for transferring the pressed cigarsfrom the pressing apparatus to the boxes.

The pressing apparatus consists of the fixed main frame @,the movablepressure-frame for the verticaly pressure, of the movable pressure-framefor the horizontal or lateral pressure, of the pressing plates andpressingblocks, and of the inner adjustable pressing devices.

In the fixed main frame a horizontal screwspindlesp q are located, theupper one, p, of which is adapted to be rotated by means of ahandle-lever fr. The rotation of the screwspindle 1o is transmitted tothe lever screwspindle g by means of toothed wheelss t and chain u. Onthese screw-spindles p q, which are provided with righ t-handedscrew-threads at the one end and with left-handed screwthreads attheother end, the bars o for the lateral pressure are movably fixed bymeans of screw-nuts. There is further located in the main frame a thedevice for the vertical pressure,which consists of the screw-spindlec,su pported in the upper cross-beam Z and in the fixed cross-beam m ofthe main frame and adapted to be rotated by means of the handwheeln.Thescrew-spindlek passesthrough the screw-nut of the top cross-beam f ofthe movable frame for the vertical pressure. The bottom crossbeam d ofthe movable pressure-frame is connected with the top beam f by thevertical supports e c. Between the bottom 4beam d and the cross-beam mthe pressing-plates c and the pressing-blocks b are situated. Thepressing-plates c, which are larger than the pressing-blocks h, areinterconnected at both ends by regulating-links t'. The pressing-blocksb consist of two separate bars, which are supported by brackets fixed tothe lower surface of the pressingplates c. -(See Fig. 4t.) Between theinner sides of each pair of bars forming one pressing-block c spiralsprings a: are located,which press the bars outward. On each of thepressing-plates c except the uppermost the inner adjustable pressingdevicesyare placed, the construction of which forms the object of myAmerican patent, No. 694,082, of January 25, 1902. The pressing-blocksbrest on the`top of said inner pressing devices y and between theupwardly projecting ends of the side parts of the same. Side boards z,

parallel to the pressing-blocks b, are inserted between the bars o forthe lateral pressure and the sides of the inner pressingA devices y,which side boards have rollers g at the places where the bars o aresituated. This pressing device operates as follows: After the adjustableinner pressing devices y, filled ICO with the cigars to be pressed, havebeen placed in the pressing-plates c the handwheel n is rotated, wherebythe cross-beam f, and consequently the bottom beam d, of the movableframe are raised, so that on all the pressing-plates c a uniformpressure in vertical direction is exerted by means of the links t', theupper pressing-plate c being prevented from moving bythe xed cross-beamm of the main frame. This pressure is transferred Vfrom thepressing-plates to the inner pressing devices y. Simultaneouslythevhandlebar r is rotated, and the bars 0 are moved toward each otheron the horizontal screwspindles p q. This movement of the bars o istransferred as lateral or horizontal pressure to the inner adjustablepressing devices 'y` by means of the side boards z.

The apparatus can be modified, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, in which twopairs of bars o are provided. Consequently the pressingplates c arelarger, and two sets of regulating-links 7l and accessories areprovided.

For limiting the upward movement of the pressing-plates c these plates cmay be fixed in high edge boards o, Figs. 7, 8, 10, each of which has avertically-screw-threaded boring for the reception of anexternally-screwthreaded ,adjusting-piece 00', Fig. 10, which has avertical square central boring through which is passed a vertical rod yof square section. 1f this rod y is rotated iu one or the otherdirection, the adjusting-pieces fr are more or less screwed in or out ofthe edge boards o, so that the movement of the presssing-plates can belimited as required.

If the apparatus is to be used for pressing one pack of cigars only, itcan be-constructed as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this construction thevertical pressure is exerted on the pressing-blocks directly by the screw-spindle, and the lateral pressure is exerted by lateralpressing-blocks moved to and from the inner pressing device by means ofone screw-spindle with right and left handed screw-threads. There aretwo sets of such lateral pressing-blocks provided, the screwspindles ofwhich are connected by chain connection.

If the apparatusjust described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 is toA beused for pressing cigars to a particular shape, the inner surfaces ofthe lateral pressing-blocks are curved so as to t the curved surfaces ofthe side parts of the inner pressing device.

The adjustable inner pressing devices y are represented in Figs. 11 to14. The adjustable inner pressing device, as shown in Fig. 11, consistsof four plates, 1, 2, 3, and 4, the outer ends of which are bent atright angles upward and downward, respectively. The vertical parts 5 Sof the plates 1 2 have slots 6 directly above the horizontal parts 1 2for the passage of a bottom plate 17. The upper smaller ends of thevertical parts 8 5 of plates 1 2 project through slots 9 12, which areprovided in the horizontal parts 3 4, re-

spectively, near the outer ends of the same. The horizontal bottom part17 is guided with a feather in a suitable groove on the upper surface ofthe horizontal plates 1 2.

Theinner pressing device (shown in Fig. 12) is` destined for thepressing of two superposed layers of cigars,for which purpose thevertical parts 5 8 of the plates .l 2, respectively, are prolongated, sothat two of the plates 3 4 can be used.

The inner pressing device constructed as shown in Fig. 13 serves for thepressing of two adjacent packs of cigars, and consists practically oftWo of the devices shown in Fig. 11 placed together end to end. Withthis devicev an intermediate plate 19 is used, which has a slot 22 to bepassed over the upper end of the central vertical parts.

The device constructed as shown in Fig. 14 is composed of two singledevices y, connected with each other by means of a long bottom plate 17,the vertical shanks 5 8 being curved corresponding to the shape which isto be given to the cigars. The downwardlybent parts of the upper plates3 4 are separated from the horizontal parts and connected with the sameby hinges. The two parts of this device are connected at the upper endby means of a connecting-piece 23.

In Fig. 15 a device is shown which may be used in connection with thepressing apparatus for transferring the pressed cigars to the boxes.This device consists of two vertical side walls 26 27, movable in folds30 31 and 32 33, respectively, of the upper parts of the upwardly-bentends of vertical plates 28 29. The plate 28 is guided-in horizontalslots formed by the turned-over .edges of the horizontal part of plate29. Set-screws 34 35 36, passing through slots in the side walls 26 27and in plate 28, serve for securing the several parts in their positionto each other. This transporting device is used as follows: After theplates of the transporting device have been adjusted according to thedimensions of the inner pressing device y the top plates 3 4 of thisinner pressing device are removed and the transporting device isinserted. Now the pressing device y is turned upside down, so that thecigars are placed on the bottom of the transporting device, the pressingdevice is removed, the box placed over the transporting device, which isnow turned again upside down and removed from the box.

Having fully described my invention, what 'I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patl. Improved pressing device for cigars comprising incombination, a fixed. main frame, a vertical screw-spindle mountedbetween two cross-beams at the upper end of said main frame, atram-wheel for rotating said spindle, a cross-beam movable on saidspindle connected by means of vertical connecting-rods with a. movablecross-beam at the bottom of the main frame, superposed horizontalpressing-plates resting on said bottom beam, regu- IIO lating-links atthe two sides interconnecting the ends of the pressing-plates,pressingblocks consisting of two separateparallel rods, brackets on thelower surface of the pressingplatessupporting said pressing-blocks,spiral spring between the two rods forming a pressing-block for pressingthe same outward, a horizontal screw-spindle in the upper part and ahorizontal screw-spindle in the lower part of the main frame, suitablemeans for equally rotating said screw-spindles, lrighthandedscrew-threads at one end of the screwspindles and lef t-handedscrew-threads at the other end of the same, screw-nuts, one at each endof the horizontal screw-spindles, Vertical bars connecting two of thenuts on the spindles, loose side bars on the pressingplates, rollers onthe outer surface of these side bars at the places where they touch thevertical bars connecting two screw-nuts, in ner pressing devicescontaining the cigars to be pressed consisting of plates movablyconnected with each other, substantially as described and shown and forthe purpose set forth.

2. Improved pressing device for cigars, comprising in combination, afixed main frame, a vertical screw-spindle mounted between twocross-beams at the upper end of said main frame, a tram-wheel forrotating said spindle, a cross-beam movable on sa-id spindle connectedby means of vertical connecting-rods with a movable cross-beam at thebottom of the main frame, superposed horizontal pressing-plates restingon said bottom beam, regulating-links at the two sides interconnectingthe ends of the pressing-plates, pressingblocks consisting of twoseparate parallel rods,

brackets on the lower surface of the pressingplates supporting saidpressing-blocks, spiral spring between the two rods forming apressing-block for pressing the same outward, a horizontal screw-spindlein the upper part and a horizontal screw-spindle in the lower part ofthe main frame, suitable means for equally rotating said screw-spindles,righthanded screw-threads at one end of the screwspindles andleft-handed screw-threads at the other end of the same, screw-nuts, oneat each end of the horizontal screw-spindles, vertical bars connectingtwo of the nuts on the spindles, loose side bars on the pressingplates,rollers on the outer surface of these side bars at the places where theytouch the vertical bars connecting two screwnuts,inner 'pressing devicescontaining the cigars to be pressed consisting of plates movablyconnected with each other, and high edge'boards at the outer ends of thepressing-plates, a Vertical screwthreaded boring in each of these edgeboards, an externally screwthreaded adjusting-piece screwed into saidboring, a square central boring in said adjusting-piece and a square rodpassing through one set of adj usting-pieces for simultaneously raisingor lowering the same by the rotation of said square rod, substantiallyasdescribed and shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ROBERT` WOERNER.

Witnesses:

JACOB ADRIAN, SIGMUND FGER.

